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very nice jess didn't know you were investing that much on PKR..
Whats your main game there? I have a mate who won once the Masters there.. but i hardly played there i find the software uber annoying even tho i use the Lite version. It's slow, ugly and boring
Anyways that's a super accomplishment and congratulations really.
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Posted by takingdrugs: at least youve been getting cashback on that
not the whole time though
Posted by takingdrugs: so how long did it take you in total, thiinking i might make i by the time im ready to cash in my pension plan lol
Well, I joined PKR same month I joined BRM and started bonus-whoring.. And heh - well, that is your PKR name innit.
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Posted by occultum: Whats your main game there? I have a mate who won once the Masters there.. but i hardly played there i find the software uber annoying even tho i use the Lite version. It's slow, ugly and boring
Well, I've won most from MTT, I was a slight-winner (post-rakeback) on SNGs up until a couple weeks ago where I lost nearly 20 HU $100 SNGs without a win haha.. And I'm a little bit up from cash, but I've degen'd a lot off on the cash tables too, so pretty close to break-even cash game + RB.
Who is your mate? I know a lot of the tourny regs on PKR..
That's quite a feat...congrats. Did you have to play regular for 6 months? On some ipoker sites that is the deal for bonus whoring...is it the same for PKR? Also, some time ago you posted a 90% RB deal, does any of that deal apply anywhere here? Either way those are some huge numbers!
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Posted by takingdrugs:
Posted by jessthehuman: Tell you what I've paid more in rake than I've ever won, that is for sure! Bastards!
at least youve been getting cashback on that
so how long did it take you in total, thiinking i might make i by the time im ready to cash in my pension plan lol
how long isn't good estimate to compare with us. cause he played multitabling. especially me, I couldn't play well if I played more than 2 table . play 3 table at same time just waste my money
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Posted by jessthehuman: Finally reached the top club level at PKR last week: Diamond!
2,500,000 PKR points I've now earned.. or $25,000 Rake paid
I'm not quite understanding this ,...are you saying PKR credited your account with $25,000 cash or buy in credits...??? It sounds possible to me because you've been there quite a while,...but I guess it would depend on how much you spend over there...
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Posted by rbdflyboy: That's quite a feat...congrats. Did you have to play regular for 6 months? On some ipoker sites that is the deal for bonus whoring...is it the same for PKR? Also, some time ago you posted a 90% RB deal, does any of that deal apply anywhere here? Either way those are some huge numbers!
Not really sure what you mean regarding the six months thing.. By bonus-whoring I mean I took a whole lot of shitty no deposit bonuses when I started out, including one at PKR, which is where I stayed..
Regarding 90% rakeback, that was special circumstance and it fluctuates really..
But it is basically like this:
I get a flat 30% Rakeback
PLUS I got an additional rakeback based on raking higher amounts, for example if I rake over $1,000 in a month I get an additional 10% RB, if I rake over $1.4K that goes up to an extra 20%, it maxes out at around an extra 26%
PLUS the point themselves have value, for example $300 in rake is enough to get a $20 Tourney ticket, which is around 6.5% RB
Then there are also reload bonuses, which are subtracted from gross rake and they're usually worth around 40% RB up to the bonus amount
In any given month my RB will be a MINIMUM of around 40% and an absolute max around 90% - which is if I have a reload going + rake top tier rewards + flat 30%
This month, March for example I expect to rake around 1.5K-2K in total by the end of the month, but I have no reload bonus this month.. So I'll get in total 30% + 20% + 6.5% RB, so around 55% roughly for March, which is not bad, but it's better if there's a reload bonus going..
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Posted by demodawggy:
Posted by jessthehuman: Finally reached the top club level at PKR last week: Diamond!
2,500,000 PKR points I've now earned.. or $25,000 Rake paid
I'm not quite understanding this ,...are you saying PKR credited your account with $25,000 cash or buy in credits...??? It sounds possible to me because you've been there quite a while,...but I guess it would depend on how much you spend over there...
lol hell no! I wish they gave me $25K that would be fucking sweet! No I aint no high roller like that, not by a long shot..
No what I mean is I reached "Diamond VIP" level and to do that it means I've paid THEM $25K (over about 4 years) in rake.
Edited by jessthehuman (19 March 2013 @ 06:12 GMT)
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Wow, you must be the best person for me to make a question about points at PKR: they just offered me 1,000 points and they told me I could give a new style to my avatar, but I realized there are also some SnGs in which I can enter with these points, just don’t know if it’s worth it. By my counts, I think I have the chance to turn those 1,000 point in $10 if I play and win 10 SnG with 100 points as buy-in. What’s the best to do with them (remember I only got this, nothing else there)?
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That's a hell of an accomplishment jess! Congrats mate on hanging tough until you reached that level. I always use my points up at Carbon, but it's only because I'm paranoid something will go aray.
Anyway nice hearing your status! How dare you collect points posting such a thing!!!! LOL
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My friends doesn't play there much anymore jess.. he used to play some years ago i'm not sure when did he won .. something around 2008-2010? Anyways his nick was wikapi, but most of the money he won i think he busted investing in stocks anyways he still plays from time to time there.
Losing 20 HU SNG is harsh .. :S
Tbh PKR was the first site i played mostly because of my friend who told me about it.. i didn't know about the NDB back then but i remember i managed to make like 5$ there from micro's and frees .. but then i busted it all in football bets as usual
I would try it again IF they changed the software.
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Posted by Fakiry: Wow, you must be the best person for me to make a question about points at PKR: they just offered me 1,000 points and they told me I could give a new style to my avatar, but I realized there are also some SnGs in which I can enter with these points, just don�t know if it�s worth it. By my counts, I think I have the chance to turn those 1,000 point in $10 if I play and win 10 SnG with 100 points as buy-in. What�s the best to do with them (remember I only got this, nothing else there)?
I fairly exclusively spend my points on MTT tickets.. You *can* purchase avatar stuff; clothes, chip tricks, etc - but they're fairly well a waste of money.. I went nearly 4 years never buying anything, until one drunken night I let my missus 'dress up' my avatar haha..
The freerolls where you spend PKR points to enter aren't really great value, at least none of the ones running at the moment.. The 1,000pt SNGs to Masters Stage 1 are pretty good - they are super soft and you can easily get a ticket (top 2 in a 10seater get a ticket) - then during each of the masters stages you have a change to advance to the next stage or win a cash prize if you finish after the bubble but just before the tickets start.. Stage 1 & 2 are pretty soft as well.
But by far the best value for your poker points is to go into the shop and purchase 'standard' tournament tickets, you can use them to enter SNG or MTT>
I'm not quite understanding this 
mwoahahaha, nevermind...
